Motor-vehicle and like hood.



J. S. CREE.

MOTOR VEHICLE AND LIKE 1100]).

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 1909.

Patented June 14, 1910.

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JAMES SIME CREE, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

MOTOR-VEHICLE AND LIKE HOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed October 19, 1909. Serial No. 523,523.

To cl], whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns SIME CREE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicle and Like Hoods, and of which the following is the specification.

This invention relates to cape carthoods for motor vehicles and the like and especially of the type described in the specification of my prior application for a patent No. 513,878, and in which the front hoop of the rear series of hoops is so interconnected with the rear hoop of the front series that the latter is supported from the former at all times and is thus guided in its movement between the front and rear brackets during erection and striking of the hood, but is also applicable in connection with other forms of hood. I

The invention has for its object to provide in connection with a more or less horizontal hoop applied to the front of the front series for supporting an extension of the hood beyond that series, means for facilitating the erection and striking of the whole hood.

In order that the invention and the manner of performing the same may be properly understood, there are hereunto appended three sheets of explanatory drawings showing a suificient portion of such a hood to illustrate the example of the improvements thereto applied, and in which drawings- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side elevation with the hood erected, Fig. 2, Sheet 2, a part side elevation in process of closure, Fig. 3, Sheet 3, a sectional side elevation of the hood closed, and Fig. 4 a view of a detail.

In this example the improvements are shown as applied to a hood of the type described in my prior specification hereinbefore referred to, and between the front hoop A of the front series of that hood and the next hoop B rearwardly adjacent to it there is provided a pair of hinged struts A B of substantially known form and one pair at either side of the hood, that is to say, a strut substantially horizontal when the hood is extended-as in Fig. lrule jointed at or about the center of 1ts length, pivoted on the sides of the hoops and folding upwardly when they are closed (Fig. 3). The forward end C of each of these struts is extended beyond the hoop A to which it is brackets in usual manner.

pivoted, and to this extended end is pivoted by pins C the horizontal front hoop D hereinbefore referred to.

To the ends of the horizontal hoop D, which are of such length as to abut against the front hoop A when the hood is erect, are fixed strap-like resilient bars E extending when the hood is erect rearwardly of the front hoop and provided at their rear ends with handles E (Fig. 4:). These bars E are upon the inner sides of the horizontal hoop ends and press outwardly toward the inner sides of the side parts of the hoop A, and during erection encounter and pass over projecting catch pieces J (Fig. 3) which when the hood is erect lock the bars E and so the whole hood.

Links K pivoted at one end to the horizontal ho-op D and at the other end to the upstanding hoop A form with the forwardly extending ends G of the struts a pseudoparallel motion serving not only to guide the horizontal hoop D in its movements but to throw down and lock the struts A B (which as usual move slightly beyond their dead center) when the hoop D is moved into its horizontal position, and to unlock and throw up the struts when the hoop D is turned upward.

Supposing the hood to be erected as in Fig. 1, the action of striking it is as follows :The handles E upon the rearwardly extending bars on the hoop D are grasped and freed from the catches J by springing them toward one another. The handles E are then moved downward and so the front end of the hoop D raised, and simultaneously by the action of the links K, the struts A B unlocked'the parts taking up the position shown in Fig. 2. \Continued downward and rearward movement of the handles E then brings the hoops A B D all close together and in their closed position as shown in Fig. 8, and, if the hood be of the type described in my prior specification hereinbefore referred to, the usual catch bolts L being loosened from their brackets, further rearward movement of the handles E folds the whole hood upon the rear brackets-the whole operation being readily performed by one person without his leaving the vehicle. Or if the hood be of other type, the front portion may then be moved to the rear Reverse movement, of course, opens the hood in like manner.

What I claim is Y 1. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts pivoted one on either side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these strut-s beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, and means constraining upward folding of the horizontal hoop to cause upward folding of the struts and vice versa.

2. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts, pivoted one on either side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these struts beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, and links pivoted upon the front upstanding hoop and the horizontal hoop for constraining the struts to move correspondingly to the latter hoop.

3. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts pivoted one oneither side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these struts v beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, handled rear ends upon the horizontal hoop and extending rearwardly of the upstanding front hoop and catch devices adapted to engage the handled ends when in horizontal position, and means constraining upward folding of the horizontal hoop to cause upward folding of the struts and vice versa.

4. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts, pivoted one on either side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop-rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these struts beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, handled rear ends upon the horizontal hoop and extending rearwardly of the upstanding front hoop and catch devices adapted to engage the handled ends when in horizontal position, and links pivoted upon the front upstanding hoop and the horizontal hoop for constraining the struts to move correspondingly to the latter hoop.

5. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts, pivoted one on either side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these struts beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, resilient bars upon the rear ends of the horizontal hoop and extending rearwardly of the upstanding.

front hoop, handles on the ends of these bars, projecting catch pieces on the inner sides of the upstanding front hoop which when the hood is erect lock the bars, and means constraining upward folding of the horizontal hoop to cause upward folding of the struts and vice versa.

6. In hoods of the character described, a pair of hinged struts, pivoted one on either side to the upstanding front hoop and to the hoop rearwardly adjacent to it, forward extensions of the front halves of these struts beyond their points of pivoting, a horizontal hoop pivoted thereto, resilient bars upon the rear ends of the horizontal hoop and extending rearwardly of the upstanding front hoop, handles on the ends of these bars, proj ecting catch pieces on the inner sides of the upstanding front hoop which when the hood is erect lock the bars, and links provided upon the front upstanding hoop and the horizontal hoop for constraining the struts to move correspondingly to the latter hoop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES SIME CREE.

lVitnesses DAVID FERGUSON, VILFRED HUNT. 

